Karoon Bouncing Ideas Around On Kangaroo

Aussie independent Karoon Gas reports that its ongoing appraisal of its Kangaroo discovery offshore Brazil remains encouraging, with drilling of the latest sidetrack now complete.

The Kangaroo-2 down-dip sidetrack appraisal well reached a total depth of 2,745 m (9,006 ft), with evaluation work ongoing and preparations for an up-dip sidetrack now underway. Karoon says that Paleocene and Maastrichtian-aged reservoirs were intersected, hitting 38 degrees API oil.

The discovery is located in Block S-M-1165, with the original well confirming a 250 m gross (135 m net) oil column in Paleocene and Maastrichtian-aged reservoirs. A multi-formation production testing program was successfully completed in the Kangaroo-2 vertical well, as reported late last year (see DI, 10 December 2014, page 4).